Tokyo: Shuttler PV Sindhu has been in destructive form. After beating Ksenia Polikarpova, Cheung Ngan Yi and Mia Blichfeldt by straight games in successive matches, she is now all set for quarterfinal. Friday noon, she will take on Japan's World No. 5 Akane Yamaguchi who also won her last three matches by straight games. She defeated Linda Zetchiri, Wendy H.Y. Chen and Kim Ga-eun to set her Round of 8 clash against the Indian.
Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu's match will be the biggest attraction of the day from the Indian perspective. Here is India's schedule on the eighth day of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday
Archery
Women’s individual
Round of 16: Deepika Kumari vs Ksenia Perova (ROC) - 6:00 AM IST
Quarter-finals: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 11:30 AM IST
Semi-finals: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 12:15 PM IST
Bronze medal match: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 1:00 PM IST
Final: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 1:15 PM IST
Athletics
Men’s 3000m steeplechase: Heat 2 - Avinash Sable - 6:17 AM IST
Men’s 400m hurdles: Heat 5 - MP Jabir - 8:27 AM IST
Women’s 100m heats: Dutee Chand - 8:45 AM IST onwards
Mixed 4x400m relay: Heat 2 - India - 4:42 PM IST
Badminton
Women’s singles quarter-finals: PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) - 1:15 PM IST
Boxing
Women’s lightweight (57-60kg) Round of 16: Simranjit Kaur vs Sudaporn Seesondee (THA) - 8:18 AM IST
Women’s welterweight (64-69kg) Quarter-finals: Lovlina Borgohain vs Nien-Chin Chen (TPE) - 8:48 AM IST
Equestrian
Eventing Individual Dressage: Fouaad Mirza - 2:00 PM IST onwards
Golf
Men’s Round 2
Udayan Mane - 5:44 AM IST onwards
Anirban Lahiri - 7:17 AM IST onwards
Hockey
Women’s Pool A: India vs Ireland - 8:15 AM IST
Men’s Pool A: India vs Japan - 3:00 PM IST
Sailing
Women’s Laser Radial: Race 9 and 10 - Nethra Kumanan - 8:35 AM IST onwards
Men’s 49er: Race 7, 8 and 9 - KC Ganapathy/Varun Thakkar - 8:35 AM IST onwards
Men’s Laser Standard: Race 9 and 10 - Vishnu Saravanan - 11:05 AM IST onwards
Shooting
Women’s 25m pistol
Rapid qualification: Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat - 5:30 AM IST
Final: If either qualify - 10:30 AM IST
